Written for advanced graduate and post-graduate students following courses in Perturbation Theory and Celestial Mechanics, this book is also intended to serve as a guide in research work. It gives perturbation theories with details allowing its application to real problems. more...

The book provides the most recent advances of Celestial Mechanics, as provided by high-level scientists working in this field. It covers theoretical investigations as well as applications to concrete problems. Outstanding review papers are included in the book and they introduce the reader to leading subjects, like the variational approaches to find... more...

Provides an overview of the most recent advances in the dynamical system approach to spacecraft trajectory design
Contains many practical applications for planners of present and future exploration programs by the major space agencies
Addresses issues raised by a diverse group of disciplines and scientific communities such as space mission design,... more...

The papers in this volume cover a wide range of subjects covering the most recent developments in Celestial Mechanics from the theoretical point of nonlinear dynamical systems to the application to real problems. We emphasize the papers on the formation of planetary systems, their stability and also the problem of habitable zones in extrasolar planetary... more...